Become an AFS Volunteer In the Greater Los Angeles Area
Worldwide, AFS is a structured group of volunteers who implement the AFS programs in their community by hosting and sending participants on AFS programs, and who work together to ensure that the principles and standards of AFS are upheld.
Therefore, volunteers are an essential part of AFS. There are numerous opportunities, such as student orientations, student sending, family hosting, student-family liaison, and orientation, occurring throughout the year in the Greater Los Angeles area, which require different types of volunteers at both the local chapter level and the area team level.
What Kind of Volunteers Do We Need?
It takes many volunteers to form a viable organization like AFS – Greater Los Angeles. For example, some of the common volunteer positions in our Area Team include:
- Area Team (AT) Chair
- Chapter President
- AT and Chapter Treasurer
- Fundraising (General and Local Scholarships)
- Volunteer registration and development
- Student recruitment and selection (aka Sending)
- Host Family recruitment and selection (aka Hosting)
- Liaison to a hosted student and their family
- Activities coordinator
- Sponsored Programs (i.e., US State Dept programs) coordinator
- Returnee coordinator
- Communications
- Publicity
Job descriptions for these positions can be found here.
New Volunteer Registration
In order to volunteer with AFS-Greater Los Angeles, you must first be approved by AFS-USA, per U.S. State Dept. guidelines, in order to be an active AFS volunteer. If you need more information, visit the AFS-USA website.